The Weekly Briefing - 15 February

Illustrations by Pinghatta

Our roundup of the week’s fashion headlines…

The Guardian
Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
Thought to have been the biggest wage theft to have occurred in the fashion industry, the supplier Shahi Exports has now agreed to pay the new minimum wage as well as nine months of back pay to 80,000 workers. Read.

Drapers
Drapers Investigates: hidden disability in the fashion retail workplace
Drapers investigates why workers with disabilities are not seen at the C-suite level of fashion retailers. Read.

WWD
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Announces Plans for Hundreds of Sustainable Fashion Jobs
Eric Adams, New York City Mayor, has announced plans for a garment hub that will create 460 fashion jobs and provide training to 500 more. Key to this new hub is the Slow Factory and its ‘Open Edu’ educational program focused on climate justice and climate-positive design. Read.

The New York Times
The Moral Quandary of ‘Slow Fashion’ Influencers
An interrogation of the tension between promoting a move away from overconsumption towards sustainability, whilst simultaneously continuing to sell. Read.

VOGUE
Black Fashion Fair Launches Its First Publication, An Expansive Chronicle Of Black Fashion
Black Fashion Fair, launched by Antoine Gregory a year ago, is now launching a publication, Volume 0, collecting Black fashion, stories and style in America. Read.